We were delighted to provide most of the music for the annual St Patrick's Day Mass for the Irish community in Paris. Mass was celebrated by Fr Jim Doyle, Abbé of the Irish Chaplaincy.
An extract from the Mass performance can be viewed here.
The service took place in the renowned Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in the Latin Quarter.
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont displays a magnificent and original blend of Gothic and Renaissance architecture. Built in the 1530s, its choir screen, a unique feature in Paris, acts as the transition point between the flamboyant Gothic style and the French-Italian style. The church houses the relics of Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, and is for this reason a pilgrimage site.
The church is also famed for its musical history. The composer Maurice Duruflé was organist from 1929 until his death in 1986. The main organ dates from the 1630s and is the fourth-largest organ in the city of Paris.
